[carl rifkind]

Hi,

On my 7290, when someone called and I wanted to just silence the phone's ringer but still have the caller go through the typical set of rings (4 usually) before going to voicemail, I could do this by just simply scrolling either up or down with the trackwheel. And the ringer would go silent.

I found it just more polite than sending the caller directly to voicemail after just one or two rings which is what the Ignore feature does.

On my 8800, when I try to move the trackball in any direction while a call is coming through and ringing doesn't change a thing. The phone still rings.

Pressing either escape or menu buttons beside the trackball only silence 1 ring, to start up again on the next ring.

Does anyone know how to silence the ring? Call it the "In Law" feature...

[Thatzmister2u]

I don't know if it is the same on an 8800 but I have an 8100 and had the same problem until I hit down on the side external volume button. Silences the call but doesn't dump em to voicemail.

I hope this works for you too!

E-

[carl rifkind]

dude, it worked! thank you!

[jonbost]

Wirelessly posted (BlackBerry8800/4.2.1 Profile/MIDP-2.0 Configuration/CLDC-1.1 VendorID/102)

You can also press the mute button on the top of the 8800 to silence the phone ring.

[takeshi]

I use the mute button since it's easier to get to while the 8800 is holstered.

[mundyb]

This was one of my biggest complaints with the 8703e. I am sooooo happy they fixed it with the 8830. I use the "Mute" button as well.

[Contender36]

when i had the 8100 and i hit the down volume button, it would silence the ringer for maybe 3 seconds, and then it would come on again, so the mute button works for me